Your Corn Will LOVE You For This: 4 Tips to Grow Corn Like A Pro!

In this video, I share 4 tips to grow corn like a pro in your backyard garden. Growing corn can be difficult in small gardens, and I failed growing sweet corn for years in my backyard. This year, I finally had success thanks to these tips. Your corn will love you for this!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 How To Grow Corn In A Backyard Garden
1:08 Tip #1: Mulching Corn Tips
2:40 Tip #2: Planting Corn With Drip Irrigation
3:55 Tip #3: Fertilizing Corn Plants
8:32 Tip #4: Corn Pollination
10:59 Harvesting Corn Successfully
12:57 Adventures With Dale

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[nancyseery]

I lived in Nebraska for my first 42 years and have grown lots of sweet corn. I have thes tips for you:#1 plant your corn where you grew your beans or peas the year before and never remove the roots of the beans or peas.#2 plant in large squares and not in long narrow rows and #3 throw alfalfa pellets on the ground and in the holes or furrows as you plant the seeds and spread these pellets out several time when the corn is growing or use alfalfa hay for mulch( I use the horse food from Tractor Supply for my alfalfa pellets). I spent three summers as a teenager in Central Nebraska de-tassling corn for the farmers growing seed corn for the big corn seed producers and learned way too much about corn pollination! Enjoy your sweet corn and keep growing!

[donnaholmes]

Have you heard of The Three Sisters Method? Look it up on the Internet. Basically you plant corn and then plant beans close to it so that the beans will grow up the corn stalk. This will stabilize the corn stock from the wind and it will add nitrogen to the soil. Next plant squash at the bottom of the corn stalk. The leaves of the squash will cover and shade the soil. The indians used this method. Thank you for all the work you go to and share with us. May God be with you and your family.

[zinnia]

My sweet corn plot is about 12'x12'. Instead of walking down the itchy rows of corn hand pollinating, I use a long thin 10' pole and gently sway the stalks with it. One can see the cloud of pollen released to rain down on the silks. We will be picking our corn in a few days. Can't wait!

[hannahcrawford]

I love the smile when he opens the corn. He is so happy. Also thanks for the tips

[donnaholmes]

One other thing, that I have tried myself is that after the tassels have been pollinated and the kernels are starting to form drip a couple of drops of mineral oil (with an eyedropper)through the silks and it will stop bugs from getting into the corn. Obviously this would be hard to do in a field of corn, but works for the backyard.

[TheMillennialGardener]

If you found this video helpful, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 🙂TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 How To Grow Corn In A Backyard Garden
1:08 Tip #1: Mulching Corn Tips
2:40 Tip #2: Planting Corn With Drip Irrigation
3:55 Tip #3: Fertilizing Corn Plants
8:32 Tip #4: Corn Pollination
10:59 Harvesting Corn Successfully
12:57 Adventures With Dale

[ClissaT]

An added benefit of fresh corn is that the silks have a small amount of natural antibiotic capacity. If you pull the silks before opening the husk around the freshly picked cob, and eat the bunch of silks right there on the spot it is like a little hit of natural beneficial medication.

[chriswhinery]

Sweet corn is one of the nicest things to grow at home. Like tomatoes, it's one of those veggies where the flavor difference between freshly picked and what you buy at the store is enormous. In corn's case, that's because the minute you pick the ear of corn, it starts converting it's sugars into more complex carbs that don't taste nearly as nice. Corn on the store shelf, even if it was only first picked 3-4 days ago, is noticeably less delicious than fresh picked for this reason.

[JoseMartinez-dfdb]

Thank you to the Native peoples of Mexico for bringing to the world so many phenomenal foods.

[birdsiview]

Planted corn from seed in may, it’s almost 2 months, no tassel or silk yet. They are about 4 and 1/2 feet tall and looking healthy. Using fish fertilizer from Alaska, it’s got a brown bear on it. This is my first time gardening, made some mistakes but it’s ok, I’m really happy I decided to go for it. Appreciate the hard working you tubers! Helps tremendously !

[ashleerockefeller]

I love growing vine green beans up the stocks of the corn to help fix the nitrogen in the soil at the corn roots, plus corn is the perfect trellis for the bean vines. As the beans can't provide everything the corn will need, you will still need additional nitrogen and basic fertilizer to have a great harvest, but this has helped me in the past and you may be able to grow it completely organic this way as well. I didn't need to space the corn out extra & just planted the bean seeds in between the corn a week or 2 later to make sure the corn/living trellis had a head start. I love Nancy's tip of growing where you previously grew beans the year before & block planting is very important for self-pollination.

[marciawarden]

Your videos on corn were such a big help!! We pulled our first ear yesterday and we’re so happy! We hand pollinated it which we did last year but the watering and fertilizer/nitrogen were the info we needed to have a much better success! No pest damage whatsoever! We can’t wait to get our second crop in the ground! So thankful for all you do for us!

[TeresaFromPA]

We are growing corn for the first time this summer. This video is perfect and extremely helpful!!! Thank you so much!

[gerardkiff]

Love seeing you get excited about your results! I know the feeling. Great job !

[chilam]

It is my 1st time that I am growing corns this year. Thank you so much for sharing the tips how to grow corns👍

[valerie]

The joy on your face is contagious! I think I'm as excited for you as you are. Yay, congratulations!! I'm going to give it a try next year. Thank you again for another wonderful video. Oh and good job Dale ❤️

[gardeningrelaxation]

I love the smile and satisfaction on your face when you pulled the corn. I can relate to that feeling.

[jrecipes]

Congratulations for your first successful corn harvest! And thanks for sharing your tips!

[vivianbeekman]

I love your excitement over your long sought after gardening triumph! There is little more rewarding than gardening success. We have always grown huge plots of corn with good results. As our family has shrunk, so has our corn patch. Unfortunately the smaller size caused all the problems you described. Next year we shall try again using your tips for backyard gardens. I love your channel! P.S. My citrus trees are also grateful for your gardening tips!

[crod]

Thank you for the tips! I'm a first time corn grower! Definitely going to hand pollinate! Thanks again and congratulations on your corn! 🎉🎉